i've read through the cr archive search results (search string 'celo europa') and found out that the frames were built by ernesto colnago, or the colnago shop, and imported by marcel calborne (or at least that seems to be the consensus, i didn't find anything that seemed definitive), but i haven't been able to find anything about dates or serial numbers, let alone anything about track frames.
does anyone have any suggestions as to where i could look?
thanks,
-galen pewtherer san francisco, ca
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:34:27 -0800, Jim Allen <MotorRef@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> Jan Heine wrote:
>
> > I used to have a Celo Europa racing bike. Wonderful ride, lovely bike
> > until is was destroyed by an SUV (I fared better with just a broken
> > thumb).
> >
> > The story is they were made by the same shop that built Colnagos, and
> > some of the lugs (with a "C") in them appear to be the same. Mine
> > dated from the late 70s or early 80s, I was told.
> >
> > Can somebody will fill in the history, who imported them, etc.?
>
> Importer is/was:
> Marcel Calborn
> Bici Sport
> Moulton Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA
>
>
> Jim Allen
> the CycleSmiths
> San Marcos, CA 92069
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-galen